Public software and citable design artifact
Ge-on-Si PIN Photodetector Design Kit
Build a cascaded multiphysics workflow for a waveguide-integrated Ge-on-Si vertical n-i-p photodiode for O-band intra-data-center optical links.
Photonics researcher and B.Sc. (Hons.) candidate
Islam I. Abdulaal
Researcher in computational and integrated photonics focused on nonlinear and quantum photonic systems, inverse design, and physics-informed computational methods.
Research Summary
My work is organized around integrated nanophotonics, nonlinear and quantum photonics, physics-informed computational methods, inverse design, and photonic system modeling. The emphasis is on connecting device physics to computational workflows that remain interpretable and reproducible.
Integrated NanophotonicsChip-scale photonic systems require waveguides, couplers, detectors, and multiplexing structures that preserve bandwidth and modal control while remaining compatible with realistic fabrication constraints.Nonlinear Quantum PhotonicsIntegrated quantum photonic systems need efficient light generation, manipulation, and detection under loss, phase-matching, and coupling constraints.Physics-Informed DesignTarget photonic responses can be hard to derive manually from geometry, while purely data-driven models become unreliable without physical constraints.
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PublicationsRecent Activity
2026
Released PD-Design-Kit as a public photonics design workflow
Repository and citable DOI for a Ge-on-Si photodetector simulation and compact-model pipeline.
2025
Submitted arXiv preprint on THz quasi-BIC metasurfaces
Review work on high-Q terahertz metasurfaces for biosensing and high-speed wireless communication contexts.
2025
Joined NanoPhoto Lab, A*STAR, as a research intern
Work focused on physics-informed optimization for integrated quantum photonic source and detection structures.